120 – Squeeze through the gap_4
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The morning was bright. After waking Malvern Solar, I tossed and turned to sleep, and a little over an hour later, as soon as I heard Solar’s wake-up signal, I jumped up from my seat.
Was it because he had opened up his heart a little by himself, or was it because he dismissed the appearance of the devil as a dream, or was it because he had already been completely destroyed and there was no place to be hurt anymore? Either way, compared to before sleeping, my physical and mental state didn’t seem to be bad.
“good morning..”
“Yes, good morning.”
After quickly answering Lian’s boorish words, I started doing what I could. Warm water to relieve the hardened body and preserved food soaked in water to make it easy to eat and move quickly. It can’t be said to be that delicious, but it will have a good effect on energizing.
Odrox, who is especially weak in sleep, came out of the tent for the last time and sat down with a big yawn.
Like this, once when waking up and once before going to bed, it was the only moment that everyone could talk face-to-face during their busy journey.
“I’m going to do the same thing today as yesterday, okay?”
After swallowing the food that Lane was chewing on, he asked me. And it was only natural to ask me. Because I was the only one here who couldn’t keep up with their subjugation speed.
“of course.”
He nodded and replied. Even if you think about it yourself, with a natural and satisfying smile.
“Okay. Is everyone else okay?”
“Yes. Let’s finish quickly.”
Solar said that while eating a glass of preserved food.
As I shoveled the tasteless preserved food into my mouth, I repeated my previous thoughts. Now that I think about it, it was really embarrassing to mumble to myself, ‘I don’t want to be abandoned’. It seems that the words of people who become emotional when the day gets dark were not a lie.
no one heard? I glanced at them, but didn’t even say anything about it. Good thing. If anyone had heard it, they might have slammed their faces on the ground in real shame.
The action began as soon as I settled down and put on my backpack. There was no time to say, “Wait a minute.”
Using Solar’s spatial movement as a signal, they set up formation and moved.
If you are late, everyone is late.
Imagine that someone is chasing you from behind.
I’m the leader in places other than labyrinths, so I have to work hard here.
After finding the labyrinth, I am pushed to the back row. Despite such treatment, I watched them with the mind of an audience without saying anything.
As the number of labyrinths to go through increases, it becomes a little more depressing.
The atmosphere similar to the many labyrinths that have been done without them, but with a much higher level, are quickly completed.
Monsters with the size and magical power that I could barely wait for were subdued in a matter of seconds.
Could it be that the devil did it? Recalling that he was good at illusions and illusions, he quietly asked them. I wonder if I’m the only one facing this situation.
The answer from them is the same sight I see. So, it was not an illusion.
In some cases, a demon was already summoned, and there were cases where it killed the master monster and took possession of the labyrinth. They too were a little more cautious when dealing with demons.
“Didn’t you say that the strong were selected and summoned? Why are you suddenly trying to summon them on such a large scale?”
“That’s what the selected strong are. I couldn’t make a proper dimension gate, so it ended up like this.”
“Where is the demon that creates the portals?”
“If I told you that, you would be an idiot.”
After taking all the information you can get from the devil, fight. As if to be protected by them, I was standing by, unable to participate in the fight, with several layers of protective shields of magic and holy power.
If it’s Solar’s strengthening magic, if it’s Lian’s shield, I can’t fight. I wanted to, but when I see the clash of the battle lines that I can’t even chase with my eyes, I feel like I’m going to have a good time.
The devil endured over dozens of sums against four people. In the end, he was defeated and died. What if I was their opponent? He must have collapsed and lost his life in less than one sum.
“..I have to do it a little faster. I’m worried about the other expeditions…”
go through the labyrinth
A labyrinth where the blades of grass come together to form a maze-like shape. A labyrinth like ruins of well-preserved buildings in the wilderness. Snow mountain, beach, jungle, desert, alpine and so on.
A few tens of minutes at most. If it is short, it takes only a few minutes, and it feels empty every time the labyrinth is cleared.
I only moved my feet in a state of skepticism about everything. I chased something hard, but when I opened my eyes, it seemed that what I was chasing had disappeared.
“theory?”
When I came to my senses, I was standing there.
What are you doing? you have to move can’t fall behind will definitely be thrown away
“Oh sorry.”
“Are you feeling unwell? If so, tell me. I can rest for a while.”
“It’s fine.”
“..Do I have to tell you?”
I replied that I know. yes. It’s just a matter of following them. If you can’t do this properly, you won’t have a place to stand anymore.
At some point, I raised my head that was facing down. Everyone seemed to stop and look at me. expressionlessly.
My fingertips trembled. It was a precursor. I resisted the urge that came without warning. I did my best to distract myself by driving my nails into my palms and chewing my tongue. Perhaps it was because I was in the front or the back, they didn’t show any signs of noticing my actions.
In fact, today was the most terrifying day. As if the improvement in my condition that I felt as soon as I woke up was a lie, it seemed that the emotions I had forcibly endured accumulated and remained in a corner of my heart.
Throughout the tour, nothing was said except to answer them. Originally, he would have thrown a joke to ease the hardened atmosphere even a little.
It wasn’t hard. I couldn’t tell if I was walking or standing still, and in my head I was thinking of a happy self from the past that didn’t match the current situation at all.
Of course, apart from that, the detection zone I sensed didn’t narrow. I identified things like finding the entrance to the labyrinth and something approaching and told them. Even though there was nothing strange about that process, Lane showed a little hesitation and spoke to me.
“Ron. I think you’re not feeling well.”
I could understand that he said that because he counted on my physical condition. But already my twisted mind began to interpret it differently.
‘You’re not going to follow us anyway, are you? So just say you’re giving up. Before it gets ugly.’
“It’s okay. Really.”
Before his mouth could say anything else, he stopped talking and moved. Unsurprisingly, I think, the movement was probably similar to the previous one, and everyone followed me with a hint of reluctance.
He completed the labyrinths so quickly that he did not know how many days it had been. During the Labyrinth Exploration Week, they said, ‘It is difficult to complete 7 labyrinths in a week’, but they proudly destroyed more than 7 labyrinths in a day.
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Neither walking nor running. It was like rolling down an incline. The round and slightly worn heart that had been shaved and shaved while rolling on the ground was now not even scratched by anything tolerable. It may have already become too small to be scratched.
If it had been the same before, I would have been impatient, scratching their faces, making their expressions grim, and thinking, ‘I can control these people’s emotions’. In the end, I didn’t know that the result was made that they were also losers.
The sun has gone down. Perhaps this labyrinth will be the last labyrinth for today.
The four of them did not let out a single rough breath, let alone a sound of pain, even though the word “work hard” was enough to digest the schedule. Normally, I would have said that Lian was having a hard time at this point.
“Today ends with this. Good job. How many labyrinths are left?”
As if a subordinate fulfilling his superior’s words, he answered after comparing the number of things he answered reflexively with the number of things Mirsen had told him.
“..four.”
I couldn’t believe what I said, so I mumbled. I really couldn’t believe it.
As a rule of thumb, it’s well over 30 mazes, and they’re all destroyed in less than a week? Even if it was published as a book, it was an unbelievable fact.
“Okay. It’ll be over tomorrow. Let’s go slowly and leisurely tomorrow.”
“no.”
Odrox said solemnly.
“Hasn’t there been something Solar told you about? You guys, take care of it now. I’ll take care of the rest.”
“what?”
What did Solar say? I expressed my doubts because I had never even heard a tip.
“All the remaining labyrinths are around here. Adventurers and mercenaries will be in charge of other areas, so don’t worry.
Odrox looked at me and said that, but that didn’t matter to me now. what did solar say? What about Lane? Does Ryan know? Was everyone talking except me?
“..so what did you say?”
At my words, Lane and Lian turned their heads. blatant movement.
With a feeling of tightness in his chest, he turned his head toward Solar. It was covered with bandages, but even Solar was avoiding my face. I was sure of that.
Seeing me who was overwhelmed just by following him… No, maybe he had already lost trust before that.
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Now, among them, my worth did not exist.
“..I see.”
I wanted to ask why, and I wanted to shout and grab him by the collar. Still, I couldn’t say anything. After the breakup, I couldn’t open my mouth easily thinking that it was a rebound of all the selfish actions I had done so far.
It reminds me of the encounter with the devil in that space where I wasn’t sure if it was a dream or reality.
All the words it said come up like chewing the cud.
Unstable. Abandoned. With only negative things like a body and mental state that could explode at any moment, a face full of scars, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
When, when are you going to speak up? prepare your mind. I need to prepare my heart…
The trembling fingertips gradually go up. I’ve been patient since the reunion, but it was on the verge of bursting at the most dangerous moment.
no. Can not be done. If you really show a fallen figure here.
Abandoned.